ELEMENTS of ART

ELEMENTS OF ART

Elements of Art

• Line – Types of line/line

variation?

• Shape– 3-D Object

• Time & Motion– Time is invisible– Stopped time?– Harold Edgerton?

• Light– Chiaroscuro

• Color– Color theory?– Primary/Secondary

• Texture– Actual texture– Simulated (implied)– Meret Oppenheim

Color Wheel

“Object” by Meret Oppenheim, 1936

Principles of Design

• Unity & Variety– Too much or too little?

• Balance– Symmetrical vs.

asymmetrical

• Directional Forces• -------• |• /

• Emphasis & Subordination

• Contrast– Juxtaposition

• Repetition & Rhythm

• Scale & Proportion– “Shuttlecocks”– “Pieta” by Michelangelo

“Holy Family on the Steps” by Nicolas Poussin, 1648

2-D Design and Medium• Drawing

– Types of Hatching– Real Cartoon

• Painting– Watercolor– Tempera – egg – Encaustic– Oil - impasto– Acrylic– Fresco – secco fresco

• Printmaking– Relief– Intaglio– Screen Printing

Types of Hatching

• Cross-Hatching

• Contour Hatching

• Hatching

3-D Design

• Free-standing sculpture – “sculpture in the round”

• Relief Sculpture• Casting• Carving• Kinetic Sculpture• Mixed Media• Instillations & Site Specific

“Obus” by Alexander Calder; 1972; painted sheet metal

“Corporate Wars: Wall of Influence” by Robert Longo; 1982

“Public Art Fund Water Tower Project” by Rachel Whiteread; 1977

“Awakening Slave” by Michaelangelo; 1530-1534

“Inopportune, Stage 1” by Cai Guo-Qiang; 2004

“This Piece Doesn’t Have a Title Yet” by Cady Noland; 1989

ART HISTORY

Prehistoric Period

• Paleolithic – “old” “stone” – “Hoble Fells Figure”– “Venus of Willendorf”

• Mesolithic – pottery developed – used coiling• Neolithic – “New” “Stone” – Stonehenge

“Hoble Fels Figure” 35,000 BC

“Venus of Willendorf”

Egyptian

• “Code of Hammurabi” – stele• “Palet of Narmar” – Machtkunst• Imhotep – first artist/architect• Stacked mastabas – step pyramids• “The Great Pyramids” – Giza, Egypt• King Tut – youngest and most well preserved

“Code of Hammurabi”

“Palet of Narmer” 3000 BC

“Djoser (Zoser) burial” by Imhotep

“The Great Pyramids” in Giza, Egypt